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Date:      Tue, 15 Apr 2003 17:32:27 -0400
From:      Richard A Steenbergen <ras@e-gerbil.net>
To:        David Myer <davidmyer800@yahoo.com>
Cc:        net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: socket API on loopback
Message-ID:  <20030415213227.GL41027@overlord.e-gerbil.net>
In-Reply-To: <20030415205953.98215.qmail@web21009.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20030415205953.98215.qmail@web21009.mail.yahoo.com>

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On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 01:59:53PM -0700, David Myer wrote:
> Just wondering if the socket APIs ( socket, bind,connect.. ) work on the
> loopback interfave ? If not, what will be the error ?ThanksDave

Why wouldn't they? Many programs bind to 127.0.0.1 for internal use only.

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